Recommend me a cheap case that doesn't suck, that'll take the Arctic Freezer series

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Hey Guys

Looking to put together a cheap, 'recycled' parts build, and was considering grabbing an Arctic Freezer to go on it, as it's using a hot 150-250W chip, but I see a lot of the cheaper mid-tower cases are either terrible OR they don't support a ~40mm thick radiator, just the thinner ~30mm ones.

I'd been all but set on the Bitfenix Nova Mesh SE, until I realised it was limited to 28mm radiators.

Can someone recommend a mid-tower case that has reasonable cooling/airflow, and will fit the AF 240/280 :) It's not the sort of build I want to throw £100 at the case for; but at the same time I realise that many cheap cases just suck! :D

Budget is as cheap as reasonably possible (Sub £50 would be ideal), white would be a bonus.
 
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To be honest fine with front or top for the rad, more a case of most of these cases list they support maximum of 28/30mm rads at front regardless of size, not just the 240/280mm. Top mounted options were nice but not requirement.
If the 30mm restriction doesn't apply for a shorter AIO, I'm happy to stick with the Bitfenix Mesh, it looked fine for the money otherwise.
 
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